For 1st time, yearly cadaver donations cross 1,000 in 2023

MUMBAI: For the first time, the annual number of cadaver (or deceased) donors in India crossed the four-digit mark in 2023.This is not the only milestone of India’s cadaver transplant programme for the year. It overtook other countries in the total number of hand transplants ever performed, and, for the first time, the northeastern states opened their deceased donation programme, with conflict-torn Manipur carrying out two donations……Readmore